Supreme Court Rejects Carter Page Appeal After $1.25 Million Surveillance Settlement
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 15
Supreme Court Rejects Carter Page Appeal After $1.25 Million Surveillance Settlement
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 15
Summary
$1.25 million had already been paid to Carter Page when the Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive his lawsuit over FBI surveillance during the Russia investigation.
Lower courts had thrown out the case partly because Page sued former senior officials such as James Comey rather than the people who directly carried out the surveillance.
Page argued FBI and Justice Department officials omitted key facts and made errors in 2016 and 2017 warrant applications; a watchdog later sharply criticized those filings.
The FBI has since said it adopted more than 40 corrective steps, while the broader Mueller investigation found Russian interference but not enough evidence to prove a Trump campaign conspiracy.